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Author Katz, Paul R., 1961-

Title Divine justice : Religion and the development of Chinese legal culture / Paul R. Katz
Published London : Routledge, [2009]
©2009

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Description xiii, 224 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Series Academia Sinica on East Asia
Academia Sinica on East Asia.
Contents The development of the judicial underworld : a comparative perspective background -- The judicial continuum -- Oaths and chicken-beheading rituals -- Indictment rituals -- Trials of the insane and dressing as a criminal -- Judicial rituals in Asian colonial and immigrant history -- Judicial rituals in modern Taiwan -- Case study: the Dizang Abbey
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 185-218
Subject Jurisprudence -- China.
Law -- China.
Religion and law -- China.
SUBJECT China -- Religious life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114715 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
LC no. 2008030173
ISBN 0415443458 (hbk.)
9780415443456 (hbk.)